We work closely with communities

Each project undertaken by Hydro-Québec involves working closely with the host community and other stakeholders. The interests of communities across Québec are an ongoing concern. We offer services to elected officials, municipal employees and Indigenous communities.

We also work with groups representing local and regional communities, like municipal associations and economic, social or community organizations.

Lastly, over the years we have strengthened our ties with Indigenous communities. We forge mutually beneficial partnerships, drawing in particular on Indigenous knowledge of the local surroundings to conduct environmental inventories and develop mitigating measures.

We are committed to sustainable development

Our commitment to safeguarding and enhancing the natural environment goes back a long way . . . all the way to the 1970s, in fact.

Each project that we undertake is guided by the three pillars of sustainable development: profitability, environmental acceptability, and favourable reception by local communities. To achieve these ends, we work closely with municipalities, Indigenous communities and community partners.

As a responsible corporate citizen, we’ve also created the Fondation Hydro-Québec pour l’environnement, whose mission reflects our ongoing commitment to sustainable development and responsible resource management.

Innovation is in our DNA

The world-class Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ) was launched in 1970. Its experts pool their efforts to develop cutting-edge technologies that help optimize the network and support energy efficiency: safer battery materials, energy storage solutions, and the LineScout robot that inspects and repairs high-voltage lines are but a few examples.

A history that embodies our values

Hydro-Québec’s history is a captivating epic: the story of a strong social contract that has endured since 1963 and benefits all Quebecers, who enjoy some of the lowest electricity rates in North America.

Our history encompasses colossal undertakings like building the Bersimis, Manic, La Grande, La Romaine and Eastmain-1-A–Sarcelle–Rupert facilities and erecting the world’s first 735-kV (735,000-volt) power lines.

But above all, it is the story of know-how acquired collectively, of renowned expertise, and of the dreams we have turned into reality.